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  On 2013-05-17 at 11:48 PM, DJ-BRONI3 said:

Erle enjoyed recollecting past cases. They reminded him of the thrills he and Sterling had had, getting into exciting mysteries and solving crimes the average pony hadn't a hope of even understanding! "Do you remember Professor James Mareiarty, Sterling?" Erle asked. "A truly brilliant mind, if only he had put it to good use. If he had devoted his work towards society rather than his criminal gang networks, he could truly have made Equestria a better place. He may even have worked alongside us! Who can say for sure now?"

Sterling was enjoying these moments of the past. They're great for recollection and comfort, because they already happened. That's especially considering how many of Sterling's recent memories were special to him in a good way. He also remembered James Mareiarty. What a promising professor he could have been... "Yes I remember the old chap. He used his mind in a twisted way and has faced his consequences. Very unfortunate circumstances indeed..." said a reflecting Sterling as they continued to wait for what seemed like an eternity...

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As Midnight was walking calmly to the station he had some thoughts on his mind. "Who'd be able to kill unicorns that high in rank, who'd even want to do that?" Finally he arrived, holding a paper bag. "Sorry for the wait everypony, I had some other stuff to take care of. Also I brought some food for our trip."

 

(I probably won't be posting a lot today, I'm out of my house for a while)

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Shinx finally arrived and saw only Sterling, Erle, and Midnight. "I guess im not late then since theres only the five of us here right now" Shinx said as she looked at the gloomy sky. "Looks like it might rain...who knows but the sky just saddens me it should be so dark and gloomy" Shinx said


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"I am not sure where the others have gone to," Erle said. "Id they are not here soon, the train to Canterlot will be leaving!" Erle did not like to see ponies late. It could cost him vital time and evidence. It was not a good idea to get on the bad side of Erle Gray!

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"You forget about me?" Discharge called from the top of the train station. "Y'all aint gonna see much from down there, figured it'd be best to get a good look at what we're dealin' with before we go runnin' around all crazy like." He couldn't see anything himself, however, it was too dark for much to be found, other than just the normal hustle from ponies around the station, nothing to him seemed out of the ordinary. At least not apart from the whole set up so far. 'Things are falling into place too easily...I don't like this at all.' He thought to himself. 

 

(OOC: Anything that is in dark green text and also in 'quotation marks' will be Discharges thoughts, so noone else can hear those, obviously.)

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  On 2013-05-18 at 12:29 PM, Creeping Dusk said:

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"You forget about me?" Discharge called from the top of the train station. "Y'all aint gonna see much from down there, figured it'd be best to get a good look at what we're dealin' with before we go runnin' around all crazy like." He couldn't see anything himself, however, it was too dark for much to be found, other than just the normal hustle from ponies around the station, nothing to him seemed out of the ordinary. At least not apart from the whole set up so far. 'Things are falling into place too easily...I don't like this at all.' He thought to himself. 

 

(OOC: Anything that is in dark green text and also in 'quotation marks' will be Discharges thoughts, so noone else can hear those, obviously.)

 

"I do not believe that the culprit would show himself at this time. Anyway, here is the train." Erle was correct, as the Ponyville to Canterlot train was pulling up at the station. "Uh, where are the others? They will miss the train if they don't hurry up!" They could not wait much longer.

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  On 2013-05-18 at 12:44 PM, DJ-BRONI3 said:

"I do not believe that the culprit would show himself at this time. Anyway, here is the train." Erle was correct, as the Ponyville to Canterlot train was pulling up at the station. "Uh, where are the others? They will miss the train if they don't hurry up!" They could not wait much longer.

Sterling knew that time was not on their side, so they had to keep up the pace. "Well we'll just have to continue without them unfortunately... The train's here and we can't afford to take the train to Canterlot in the morning..." reminded Sterling as they got on board the Friendship Express.

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  On 2013-05-18 at 12:46 PM, Sterling Crimson said:

Sterling knew that time was not on their side, so they had to keep up the pace. "Well we'll just have to continue without them unfortunately... The train's here and we can't afford to take the train to Canterlot in the morning..." reminded Sterling as they got on board the Friendship Express.

"I guess the others can catch up with us in Canterlot. If they do not wish to be on time, I guess we'll leave them to do as they wish." He scowled at their lack of punctuality. He trotted with the others into one of the cabins. Their adventure in Canterlot was about to begin!

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"There's uh, only the one tunnel right? That this train passes through?" there was a look of horror spread across Discharges face as he looked at the inside of the train. "I might just uh, I think i'll stay out here." he took a jump from the roof and once again glided over on top of the train, sitting down on the roof. "Anypony needs me, just call. There're skylight on each car, shouldn't be hard to get inside."


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As the train continued on its way towards Canterlot, Erle lit his pipe and began to blow smoke rings. He was bored. He hated waiting, especially when he had to travel. The train would be at Canterlot soon though, thankfully he didn't have to wait much longer.

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Sterling sat by Erle for much of the journey. The ride was relatively uneventful through the quiet, gloomy night as the group approached Canterlot. Sterling noticed all the empty seats throughout the train, an unusual sight for the Friendship Express. Nonetheless, Sterling sat quietly as he began to recall his memories of the Tropical Odyssey to pass the time. Oh what an amazing adventure it was. The exotic but unfriendly islands, the friends he made, and most of all, Evie... He sighed happily when he recalled Evening. Now his wife, he remembered all the moments they shared on that unforgettable adventure, all the ups and downs and their moments of affection.

 

Just as Sterling was about to get to the climax of his memory, he heard a loud screech on the train! 'Why on Earth is the train suddenly coming to a halt?!' thought Sterling as he was lunged from his seat! He hit another chair pretty hard, but was fine nonetheless as the train halted. Sterling took a look outside into the dusty world and noticed that someone had sabotaged the rails! 'Why on Earth would someone sabotage the rails at this time?! Maybe they're onto us!' thought Sterling.

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  On 2013-05-19 at 12:25 PM, Sterling Crimson said:

Sterling sat by Erle for much of the journey. The ride was relatively uneventful through the quiet, gloomy night as the group approached Canterlot. Sterling noticed all the empty seats throughout the train, an unusual sight for the Friendship Express. Nonetheless, Sterling sat quietly as he began to recall his memories of the Tropical Odyssey to pass the time. Oh what an amazing adventure it was. The exotic but unfriendly islands, the friends he made, and most of all, Evie... He sighed happily when he recalled Evening. Now his wife, he remembered all the moments they shared on that unforgettable adventure, all the ups and downs and their moments of affection.

 

Just as Sterling was about to get to the climax of his memory, he heard a loud screech on the train! 'Why on Earth is the train suddenly coming to a halt?!' thought Sterling as he was lunged from his seat! He hit another chair pretty hard, but was fine nonetheless as the train halted. Sterling took a look outside into the dusty world and noticed that someone had sabotaged the rails! 'Why on Earth would someone sabotage the rails at this time?! Maybe they're onto us!' thought Sterling.

 

 

Erle picked himself up from the floor and dusted himself off. "Hmm, it looks like our investigation has certainly not gone unnoticed! We had best continue the rest of the journey on foot. It is not too far to Canterlot from here. If we start walking now we could get there by morning."

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  On 2013-05-19 at 12:38 PM, DJ-BRONI3 said:

Erle picked himself up from the floor and dusted himself off. "Hmm, it looks like our investigation has certainly not gone unnoticed! We had best continue the rest of the journey on foot. It is not too far to Canterlot from here. If we start walking now we could get there by morning."

Sterling knew they couldn't wait until the rails were fixed. Noticing that Erle left the Friendship Express and continued on foot through the misty night and dusty ground, Sterling continued on foot closely behind Erle. It wasn't too far, but Sterling was no walker; he didn't have very strong legs.

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Discharge kept pace, staying on top of the train for the most part. He wasn't sure how he wasn't thrown off when the train slammed to a stop, but he wasn't complaining. He could easily overhear the conversations they where having inside the train from the skylight behind him, so he knew where they where heading, he had no reason to say anything, instead he just followed along silently. 


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Erle and the others finally made it to Canterlot, strangely without any further problems. As Erle had guessed, they arrived just as the sun was beginning to rise. "Now, I think it would be best if we separate here so that we can find information." Erle said. They had come to the entrance of the city, just beside Donut Joe's café. "We will meet back here at lunch time. Until then, good luck!" Erle then trotted off into the city to look for a lead.

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"Alright" Shinx said as she went off to the west. "I wonder what could even be useful to help with this case...at least its not as difficult as the Jack the Ripper case i read about..." Shinx said as she looked all around the west side of Canterlot in look for something

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(So what happens now? Do we all just make something up that we found or what?) 

 

Discharge looked around as they entered Canterlot, it had been a long time since he was last here, but thankfully not much had changed - at least nothing significant. He hoped he could still remember his way around the streets as he headed off to the east side of the city, looking for anything he could think that might be relevant to this case. He had to admit to himself however, he had absolutely no idea what, if anything, he was looking for.

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  On 2013-05-19 at 7:59 PM, DJ-BRONI3 said:

Erle and the others finally made it to Canterlot, strangely without any further problems. As Erle had guessed, they arrived just as the sun was beginning to rise. "Now, I think it would be best if we separate here so that we can find information." Erle said. They had come to the entrance of the city, just beside Donut Joe's café. "We will meet back here at lunch time. Until then, good luck!" Erle then trotted off into the city to look for a lead.

Sterling was getting tired from all the trotting they did on their way to Canterlot. Erle suddenly left him as he began his own investigation on the murder... Now that Sterling was all alone, he was left to search for some clues on his own. The first thing he could do though was to look for any store in Canterlot that could possibly sell any antique materials, considering that the knife Erle found was oriental. 

 

Sterling walked around the town and found an Oriental shop. It was filled with all sorts of trinkets that originated from the Land of Red (OOC: ie China). Spears, knives, tea cups, any sort of oriental antique. The shop was owned by a grey Red Land stallion sporting a Fu Manchu. Sterling entered the store in hopes of finding any item that resembled the knife they found. As soon as he entered though, the owner instantly barged on him many bargains for his products. Sterling was beginning to get annoyed at all his offers until the owner suddenly showed him the Oriental knife...

 

The owner looked at him with intrigue and began to showcase the knife. "You see knife? It come from Red Land. In Red Land, this knife was used by rebels to kill many evil soldiers. It was used in an uprising against the Mings at least 2 centuries ago. You like...? I see you is nice guy, so instead of it being 4000 bits... I sell you for maybe... 3500 bits. Hehe business is slow here, so sorry if it's not too nice a bargain."

 

Sterling had no intention of buying the knife, but he was intrigued by how similar it looked to the one they found near the crime scene. He asked the owner about the knife, "Beg your pardon sir, but has anyone actually bought a knife like this one recently?" The owner merely replied with a shake. "I'm not sure why you ask such questions, but no... no one has bought one like this from my store in quite a while... Sorry about that."

 

Sterling merely thanked the owner and left the store, slightly discouraged at the fact he reached a dead end... It was already hard enough searching for clues even with leads. 'Well I'm back at square one I guess. Where exactly do I start now?' thought a confused Sterling as he continued to walk through the town. 

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"I guess I'll go south then." Midnight walked away almost immediatly. "I don't think there weren't many ponies awake when the figure was flying towards here so going around trying to find witnesses isn't going to help." He thought while looking around. "Since that spear originated from here maybe I could ask a historian. Since this is Canterlot there are bound to be some nearby."

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(OOC: You can post what you like for a while, as each of your OCs explore the city looking for clues)

 

Erle trotted along looking at all the houses and shops. He then came to a back alley. He was looking for somepony he knew well in the city, somepony quite unusual. "Wiggins!" he called out. A few moments later, a young colt came running out from the alley and into the light where Erle could see him. He was small and covered in dirt, making his blue coat almost brown. "Mista Gray!" he cried. "I 'aven't seen ya for quite a while! Is there somethin' we should be lookin' for?"

 

Erle smiled at him. "Yes, I need you and your gang to search the city for clues on the disappearances of the two nobles. Search everything, see everything and overhear everything. The first one of you to bring me back information gets 10 bits!"

 

Wiggins' mouth hung open at the promise of money. "We'll be right on it Mista Gray! You can count on us!" The young colt scampered off to round up his gang. Erle smiled before trotting off to do some investigating of his own.

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Mumbling something incoherent to himself about finding information in a city he'd not visited for years, Discharge found himself weaving in and out of alleys, down corridors, looking in through ponies windows and on their doorsteps to no avail. He had no clue what he was looking for or how he was going to start finding it. 

 

It was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and the haystack was in a cave - underwater. 

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Shinx arrived at what seems to be a antique shop, She remembered what the spear looked like from before and decided if the pony in the store knows anything about it so she entered the store. "Hopefully i could get something" Shinx said as she walked up to the counter. "Excuse me but I wanna know I found a spear one day and just wondering what kind it is i dont have it with me but i remember it looking like..." Shinx went on to explaining the spear on its looks, structure, style, everything.

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Erle went to Canterlot's public library. He was looking for a book, an important one. The very important books were in a secure area, nothing he couldn't handle. He came to a locked door, the only thing separating him from the information he would need. He knew passcodes were easy to crack, and quickly worked out that the passcode was merely the street and house number of the library. The door unlocked, allowing him to investigate the library's private section and its vast collection of knowledge. "Where better to start an investigation than to brush up on Canterlot history?" he though to himself.

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Sterling continued to walk through Canterlot in the clear, blue sky. He saw pony life radiating in every street. Everypony was enjoying themselves with all sorts of activities, from shopping to socializing. He didn't see anything that was out of the ordinary at all from his observations. Sterling continued to walk in deep frustration. 'Why are there so few clues in these parts? Clues usually lie around in any case, but with this mystery, it seems like the masterminds did a very good job hiding evidence...'

 

Sterling continued to walk around town as he returned to Joe's Donut Shop very hungry. 'Maybe some doughnuts would help with my concentration' thought Sterling as he walked in and ordered a doughnut combo for lunch.

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"Ah yes the spear you mentioned was used in the old Canterlot war but I dont see how you found something like that there's only one and the princess has it so you must have found either a replica used by the guards or you found an even older one that no one has ever seen" The store owner said. "Okay... thanks anyway" Shinx said as she left the store. "Well...that's interesting why would somepony have a weapon from the Old Canterlot War...and its only been used by the Princess so it must have been stolen" Shinx thought.

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